Federal Judge Refuses To OK Permit For Mount Rushmore Fireworks Display

Mealey's (June 4, 2021, 9:20 AM EDT) -- PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota probably cannot succeed on its claim that the federal government wrongly denied a permit for an Independence Day fireworks display at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, so the state is not entitled to the “extraordinary remedy” of an injunction ordering the government to approve the fireworks, a federal judge ruled June 2 in a dispute that has drawn opposition from Native American tribes....